What are some fun things to do in Las Vegas?

Question

and how much $$ should i bring for hotel, food, and other shows. i have gambling covered i have 500 bucks for that one! wish me luck.

Answer 1

Good luck! But don't spend it all at once.

There are more things to do besides gambling...check out all the casinos that strike your fancy. Take a gondola ride at the Venetian. Climb the Eiffel Tower. "Marry" George Clooney at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum at the Venetian. Get a bird's-eye-view of the strip at the Stratosphere. Watch the fountains at Bellagio. The list goes on and on.

There's also things to do outside the city limits such as the Hoover Dam Tour and you could also take a Lake Meade lunch cruise.

It depends on which shows you want to see...there are a lot. Quite a lot of shows out there. Louis Anderson? Wayne Newton? The Thunder Down Under? Folies Bergere? Cirque du Soleil? Celine Dion? It depends on which ones you want to see...check out the web sites and see how much the tickets are. Then just set back that much for your entertainment.

If you want alcoholic drinks, just set up camp in the casino...free drinks for the most part but don't forget to tip your lovely waitress.

You can find some really cheap places to eat...the buffets can be your best friend. If you want a really good meal...the Mon Ami Gabi at the Paris Hotel/Casino is the best place in town for French cuisine.

I don't know if you're flying to Vegas or if you live close enough to drive. However, America West vacations offer some pretty good packages.

The slots are the loosest downtown...I hear 4 Queens is pretty good.

Answer 2

Hi, again. I also answered your other Vegas question. The $500 should be fine - my mom usually brings $2000, but she's nuts. Restaurants and shows are expensive. The good shows are around $100/person. [Make reservations ahead or you'll never get in!] You'll know how much you'll pay for the hotel once you make your reservation (you'll need a credit card). Food costs depend on which places you eat at; most are moderate-to-expensive, unless you're careful, so figure $50/day, approximately. Fun stuff: Sightsee! The themed hotels are like nothing anywhere else. My favorite rides are at Caesars, Luxor, and the Hilton (Star Trek). There are also roller coasters and animal exhibits. See the Volcano (Mirage) and TI Sirens show (silly but fun). And, good luck!

Answer 3

I can't answer how much to bring but there is a lot more to do in Vegas than just gambling.Try taking the Hoover Dam tour or go on a helicopter tour of the Grand canyon(this one might be a little pricey),but make sure you see some shows they are great.Have a great time and good luck

Answer 4

I go to Vegas every other week for week so I know about touring around by myself.

I suggest around $1000 or more for entertainment stuff.

Hotels I can recommend that are neat and cheaper:

MGM Grand- huge, to get it for cheap sign up on their website to become a "Casino Club Member" From there they will send you discounts on rooms via email. They have a great assortment of restaurants and they also have a lazy river/grand pool area great for catching rays and meeting new people. I usually stay there for business.

Luxor- The pyramid hotel and very unique. Become their "One Club Member" via their website and they send you discount room rates via email. Their spa and pool area are great as is the service.

Harrahs- located in the "heart" of the strip. Their rooms are nicer and their casino is fun because you get a lot of walking traffic from the strip that wanders in there. Staff is always nice.

The Venetian- higher in price but so worth it. They have gondolas and a great mall area. Check out Tao for good nightlife (saw Britney and her so-called husband there not to long ago).

For better room rates sign up on any of the casino's websites to be their casino club memeber. This way they get you to gamble at their hotel and you get to enjoy a cheaper room rate. You don't have to gamble there to get the cheaper room rate.

Answer 5

I would bring:
~$75 for hotel/night(you could get cheaper, like $60/ night, but if you want to like going back to your room at night then I would go for the ones in the $70 or so range.) Go to www.i4vegas.com and you can check it out for yourself.
~$30-$50 for food/day at least !!(includes snacks!)and add a little bit more for the drinks!!!
~ and add a couple of hundred more for a few shows and maybe another hundred for souvaniers!

HAVE FUN and GOOD LUCK!!!

(pick the person above me for best answer cuz she seems to have it!)

Answer 6

You wants spend some days or some hours with that money in Las Vegas.

Answer 7

Like gambling and drinking cocktails..? At any rate take with you some credit cards..Wish you luck..!! Win the jackpot!!

Answer 8

First, when you look for a hotel in Vegas consider this. All of the big hotels on the Strip are great. The most important things to consider are location, price, and in the summer you want to consider its pool area. So, stay on the strip in the center of all of the hotel locations so that you can walk to see all of the hotels and casinos, and all of the free attractions. The best place to stay to do that is in one of the hotels on or nearest to Flamingo Rd & the Strip. At that corner is Ceasers, Bellagio, the Flamingo, Ballys, and the Paris hotels. I am not saying you need to stay in one of these but stay close to them. I do recommend the Flamingo if you are looking for a good price, location and pool.

The next thing to consider in picking the BEST place is price. Rates go down in the summer (and again after Thanksgiving, until about mid-January (except new years eve when prices double)). So pick a place that has the best price for you. Ceasers and Bellagio will cost top dollar all of the time (like $150 and up) per night during the summer. Flamingo, Ballys and some others you can get into for around $100 (but most times for less) during the low seasons. Its also more expensive in all Vegas hotels on Friday and Saturday nights by $40 to $60 more, so to get a lower rate go Sunday and stay through Thursday night. You can probably book a room right now for less than $100 a night.

In the summer you probably want to spend some time at the pool areas which in Vegas are fabulous. All of the big hotels have great pool areas. But the Mandalay Bay, Monte Carlo and MGM hotels have wave pools, and lazy rivers for tubing or body floating. The Flamingo has a water slide (not big but nice and refreshing) and also a water fall.

I have stayed at Mandalay Bay, Excalibur, MGM, Monte Carlo, Bellagio, Ceasers, the Rio, the Flamingo, Ballys, and Harrahs. But the BEST place for me when I go is who has the best price. Again, all of the Strip hotels are great. So shop the web sites, look at the hotel rate calendars, and go when the price is the lowest. That's the best place to stay on the Strip.

You can probably get lower priced rooms at the Circus Circus, Sahara and Rivera on the north end of the Strip and also at the hotels on Fremont Street. But you will be a long way from the center of action and have to take a bus or taxi to Strip action. In addition, if you need to run to the room for a little R&R, it’s a long ways.

The usual things you will want to see for FREE in Vegas are:

1. Number one on my list is to watch the fountains displays in from of the Bellagio hotel. It usually runs every 15 minutes in summers starting at 3:00 PM; runs continuously until about midnight. Each show is different (there are more than 20 different tunes choreographed) so stay and watch at least 2 or 3. ALSO, go inside the Bellagio hotel to its lobby and view the beautiful glass sculptured ceiling AND the seasonal floral arrangements in the Atrium.

2. The “Sirens of TI” show (spectacular) in from of the Treasure Island Hotel; it runs every 90 minutes starting at about 4:30 PM.

3. The volcano erupt in from of the Mirage Hotel; starting at dark until midnight.

4. Go down to Freemont Street and see the light show. There are usually 3 or 4 different shows, starting after dark (about 8:30PM) and lasting about 5 or 10 minutes each.

5. Go to the RIO hotel to see the Masquerade in the Sky show. It runs every 60 minutes starting about 3:00 PM; the last show starts at 9:30 PM..

6. Go to the MGM Grand hotel to see the Lion habitat.

7. Go to the Mirage hotel to see the white tigers that Siegfried and Roy used.

8. Go in Caesars Palace and walk through the Forum shops to the first fountain (its spectacular) then take the first fork to the left to go see the aquarium. Then continue on through the shops to the second fountain and wait for the show to start.

9. Go into the Flamingo hotel to see their animal habitat with flamingos and penguins.

10 The Excalibur hotel also has a free show starting at 10:00 AM until 10:00 PM.

11. If you are a Star Trek Fan, go to the Hilton (off the strip) for "Star Trek The Experience"; it cost about $25.

SHOWS:

If you want to see a production show, I recommend the show at Bally's, "Jubilee" (there is a "top covered" version for families at about 7:00PM) and the show at the MGM, "KA". These will cost about $90 to $100 each; that's the going rate for production shows in Vegas now. You can try for discounted show tickets at a booth in the building with the coke bottle, look for Coke World and the M&M factory. They are same day tickets; have never done this but see people doing it. If you are in Vegas as a couple, you will be stopped many times by folks in a number of hotels trying to offer free stuff in exchange for listening to time share presentations. They will get on your nerves. But if you don't mind sitting through a time share presentation you can get free show tickets or some cash. I also recommend Gladys Knight’s show at the Flamingo and also the George Wallace comedy show at the Flamingo.

WHAT TO DO:

People go to Vegas to sightsee as well as gamble. You can see most of the stuff on the Strip by walking, so you don't need a rental car. There is a free monorail between Bellagio and the Monte Carlo Hotel and also another free one between Excalibur, Luxor, and Mandalay Bay. The one on the opposite side of the street you have to pay to ride. There is a free bus between Harrahs Hotel to the RIO Hotel that runs every half hour. There is also a free bus that you can get outside the Barbery Coast Casino that will take you to the Orleans and some other off strip casinos.

Plan which hotels/casinos you want to visit each day so you can make the most of your walking and the free monorails and scuttles. When you get there you will probably have in your hotel room a free guide to the city called either "What's ON" , “Showbiz”or "Las Vegas Today". These are helpful guises as they have a map of the Strip and city with the hotels marked, plus useful coupons. Some coupons will give you a free souvenir from certain hotels; you just have to take the coupon to the hotel.

JOIN PLAYERS CLUBS: Do join ALL of the players clubs because they are your ticket to lower priced return trips. The hotels will email you, or send by regular mail, specials on room rates and shows. The players clubs are free; all they want to see is your driver's license. Get 2 or 3 cards; if you lose it they will give you more.

SHOPPING: There's shopping at Fashion show mall right next to Treasure Island, or you can drive or take a taxi or the bus south of the Strip (just past the airport) to the outlet mall. For more shopping, drive south on I-15 to Primm, NV (at the Calif border ... about 45 miles) and there is a big outlet mall and some casinos.

DINING: The hotel coffee shops and buffets are now much more expensive than they were years ago. So, if you want to eat for less try one of the Denny's for meals (one in the Casino Royal hotel/casino and another across from the Monte Carlo hotel/casino). There are also McDonald and Burger King on the Stip near Harrahs. You can get breakfast and dinner buffets a few dollars less at the Imperial Palace hotel/casino and at the Gold Coast hotel/casino. Buffets cost less at the Circus Circus hotel/casino and in Freemont St hotel/casinos. Some hotels have food courts. There is a food court in the Monte Carlo hotel/casino, one in the NY, NY hotel/casino, and in the Palms Hotel (across the street from the RIO. There is an Outback Steak House in the Casino Royale Hotel and another across from the RIO. There is a Cheesecake Factory and a Planet Hollywood in Ceasers Forum shops. There is a Margerittaville in the Flamingo hotel. I recommend Tony Roma’s, a ribs and chicken restaurant; one in the Stardust hotel/casino, one on Freemont St and another on Sahara Ave near Paradise Rd.

MOVIES: There are movie theaters in the Palms (multiplex) and also another on the Strip across the street from the Monte Carlo hotel, near the MGM hotel.

BOWLING: If you like to bowl, there are alley's in The Gold Coast Hotel/Casino (beside the RIO) and in the Orleans Hotel Casino. .

ACT LIKE A KID: If you like roller coasters, there are roller coaster rides at the NY, NY hotel/casino, at the Sahara Hotel/Casino, and rides for those with a strong heart at the top of the Stratosphere Casino/hotel. The Circus Circus Hotel/casino has arcades and an indoor amusement park. There is a place called Game Works below the Coke World experience that has all type video games


OTHER THINGS:

RED ROCK CANYON: Its about 20 miles West of Las Vegas out Charleston Blvd (you can pick up that street at the north end of the Strip) Its a scenic drive-through park. Go early, not in the heat of the day; there's no shade.

HOOVER DAM: Drive about 30 miles southeast of Vegas and go to Hoover Dam; the National Park Service offers tours there (@ $15.) and its interesting stuff. Go on past Hoover dam to Boulder City and then to Lake Meade for a swim and/or to visit the new casino there. Also, there are tour companies that will take you on a cruise of the river below Hoover Dam. Check the web sites below.

VALLEY OF FIRE STATE PARK: Drive about 35 miles north of Vegas on I-15 and go to Valley of Fire State Park, another scenic park area.

ZION NATION PARK: It’s a long drive (about 2-3 hours), but you can drive North on I-15 to Zion National Park and back in one day.

DEATH VALLEY: If you like to visit National Parks, drive about an hour and a half south of Vegas on I-15 and take RT-127 to Death Valley National Park (total drive may be 3 hrs each way).

GRAND CANYON: The drive to the Grand Canyon is 5 long hard hours on mostly two lane roads with trucks and campers (only a short way on I-40). You can drive there and back in one day if you leave early morning, like 6:00-7:00 AM. That will put you there about noon and you will have 4 or 5 hrs before starting back and getting back to Vegas about 11:00PM. I recommend staying overnight at the Canyon (there are plenty of motels near there, like Best Western, Ramada, Quality inns) and drive back the next day.